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| MrUfo87 |
Posted on 02-11-2013 23:10
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Team manager Tristan Hoffman from Saxo Bank is fired because of cut down expenses.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-11-2013 23:23
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sammyt93 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Yes, that's a brilliant idea.
Because 2013 tests are way more advanced than 2012 ones. Surely if there's something there it'll totally be detected this time
PR exercise pure and simple
Unless Cookson suspects a cover up to help promote the relatively new Canadian WT one day races.
He has nothing to do with those races really though. They weren't created on his success and they dont thrive because of him.
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| Dippofix |
Posted on 02-11-2013 23:28
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valverde321 wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Yes, that's a brilliant idea.
Because 2013 tests are way more advanced than 2012 ones. Surely if there's something there it'll totally be detected this time
PR exercise pure and simple
Unless Cookson suspects a cover up to help promote the relatively new Canadian WT one day races.
He has nothing to do with those races really though. They weren't created on his success and they dont thrive because of him.
Yeah, but if he getss busted, i don't think those races would last much longer. He's the only good rider Canada has atm, there'd be so much negative publicity and everything that people would loose interest.
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 02-11-2013 23:38
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Dippofix wrote:
valverde321 wrote:
sammyt93 wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Yes, that's a brilliant idea.
Because 2013 tests are way more advanced than 2012 ones. Surely if there's something there it'll totally be detected this time
PR exercise pure and simple
Unless Cookson suspects a cover up to help promote the relatively new Canadian WT one day races.
He has nothing to do with those races really though. They weren't created on his success and they dont thrive because of him.
Yeah, but if he getss busted, i don't think those races would last much longer. He's the only good rider Canada has atm, there'd be so much negative publicity and everything that people would loose interest.
Svein Tuft is good imo. There are a bunch of other average riders.
And as I am saying. The race was created before Hesjedal really burst onto the scene. Surely the organizers saw that cycling was on the rise in Canada even before Hesjedal did what he did.
There is already so much negative publicity and the people that already do show up know what they are getting, and still have the passion that they do.
The Tour of Alberta on the other hand, I could definitely see becoming extinct.
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| CountArach |
Posted on 03-11-2013 01:35
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Ian Butler wrote:
Adam Hansen  Might be my favorite rider after all  I still have his Lotto Belisol camp joke blog bookmarked
Link?
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-11-2013 09:04
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CountArach wrote:
Ian Butler wrote:
Adam Hansen Might be my favorite rider after all I still have his Lotto Belisol camp joke blog bookmarked
Link?
Still cracks me up
https://inrng.tumblr.com/post/38154583...entimeline |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 03-11-2013 09:09
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For those not following the right twitter accounts, it seems Bjarne Riis has just sold his team to Oleg Tinkoff.
Current investigations have sped up the process.
Not that I like Tinkoff or was unhappy to see him kept at bay, but Riis out is a good riddance. |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 03-11-2013 09:14
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Aquarius wrote:
For those not following the right twitter accounts, it seems Bjarne Riis has just sold his team to Oleg Tinkoff.
Current investigations have sped up the process.
Not that I like Tinkoff or was unhappy to see him kept at bay, but Riis out is a good riddance.
WHAT??? Seriously???
Could you post the tweet - I seem to not be following the right people 
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 03-11-2013 09:40
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From Cyclingnews:
www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-riis-...-to-tinkov
The original source appears to be the paper version of La Gazetta dello Sport
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 03-11-2013 10:07
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So that means Kreuziger being leader in Tour? |
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| Atlantius |
Posted on 03-11-2013 11:03
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The press-worker from Team Saxo Bank denies that Riis Cycling has been sold to Tinkov, but "can't" say if there is any other sort of collaboration between the two parts.
Danish souce: https://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Cykling/2013...112920.htm
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-11-2013 11:09
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Just checked this out and i have to say that has made my day |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-11-2013 14:04
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MrUfo87 wrote:
Team manager Tristan Hoffman from Saxo Bank is fired because of cut down expenses.
'Fired' is a bit harsh. His contract is running out and simply isn't being renewed. Still 'tough', though - Hoffman has been with the team since 2000.
Tinkov's camp is saying that they are negotiating with several teams - including Saxo - about a potential take-over. |
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| fosforgasXIII |
Posted on 03-11-2013 18:26
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issoisso wrote:
Random thought of the day:
Boonen was at Postal. Nobody mentioned him in the USADA investigation
So were Devolder, Van den Broeck and Leif Hoste. Out of those 4 Belgians, Boonen is the least suspicious imo. And we barely have an "anti-doping culture". Merckx got caught in the Giro, no one gives a fuck. You know that incident where Gilbert was accused of using cortisones? No one gave a fuck, while at the same time there was a massive dopinghunt going on in the Netherlands. If you ask a Belgian cycling supporter what he thinks of Armstrong, there's a pretty big chance he'll say "I don't care, he was still the best".
Frank VDB was big news, but once he was dead, everyone loved him again, "he was victim of an unjust system".
Edited by fosforgasXIII on 03-11-2013 18:27
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| Wilier |
Posted on 03-11-2013 19:44
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That's true. Zoetemelk is still regarded as a hero here, as are other great Dutch riders of the past.
Boogerd has certainly lost a bit of his image after his confession, but it seems most people have already forgotten.
BTW isn't Ibarguren OPQS's team doctor? So how big is the chance that Boonen's clean, then?
Edited by Wilier on 03-11-2013 19:48
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 03-11-2013 19:48
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Fuck that, the UK changed the fucking rules of the world so our ex-dopers could return to the olympics... That is how little we really care
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 03-11-2013 19:57
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Don't worry, we cover up irregularities for 2 years and then reveal after, not even saying everything about it. |
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| nacho63 |
Posted on 03-11-2013 22:57
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TheManxMissile wrote:
Fuck that, the UK changed the fucking rules of the world so our ex-dopers could return to the olympics... That is how little we really care
Didn't really seem worth it in hindsight  |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 03-11-2013 23:28
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Hardly surprising, but Rasmussen claims that the entire Rabobank team at the 2007 Tour de France was doped - Menchov, Boogerd, De Groot, Dekker, Flecha, Freire, Niermann, Weening |
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 04-11-2013 04:48
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Just spent the night quick-reading Michael Rasmussen's book. If you were hoping for more stuff a la Hesjedal, you're in for a disappointment.
Dekker, Boogerd, Leinders are probably the most mentioned names when it comes to doping. Hardly anything surprising. We already knew about the most damning stuff. |
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